Rick Perry, Ron Paul on opposite trajectories

January 5, 2012

By: San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle-'Agree or disagree with his policy positions, it would be
hard to argue that he is not a principled candidate,' said Cindy Rugeley, a political
scientist at Texas Tech University. '

One is the most powerful politician in Texas, a governor so popular with Republican
conservatives that he crushed the state's senior U.S. senator in a GOP primary in
2010.

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"Agree or disagree with his policy positions, it would be hard to argue that he is
not a principled candidate," said Cindy Rugeley, a political scientist at Texas Tech
University. "If conservatives and libertarians and supporters of the Tea Party are
sincerely looking for a candidate who honestly represents what they say they believe,
Ron Paul is that person."